SlimLinux is a complete network operating system based on
the linux kernel and other open software. It runs entirely off a floppy disk
with built-in kernel support IDE/ATAPI devices (plan to add NIC BootROM and
better FlashATA support). The first version was based on LRP,
with patches from Joshua Jackson's
port. In recent versions, development has forked vastly and is now based on
the ECL core utilizing the linux 2.4 kernel. SlimLinux has a number of applications
available to run via a variety of AppPacks (router/firewall, dhcp/dns/web server,
vpn connector, dumb terminal). It currently requires a minimum hardware configuration
of the following components for the base system: 386 processor, 8MB ram, 1.44MB
floppy, NIC (NOTE: AppPacks will require greater hardware specs). Right now,
we only support the x86 architecture, but SlimLinux could be easily be ported
to any processor with a GNU compiler (as far as we know).

SlimLinux is being developed at OTSOFT.
We are also writing the Cisclone frontend. It
is a much expanded version of this project, designed to provide configuration commands
similar to Cisco hardware, making it easier for Cisco professionals to use Linux-based
equipment.

AppPacks:

Router - Provides complete router solution.
New features allow admin to provide masquerading services on a network by
network basis.

Firewall - Uses ipchains to enable the administrator
to write powerful firewall scripts. This package also contains the ipfwadm
toolset.

IDS - NMAP provides security scanner. We also
plan to add other utilities (like Snort and Tripwire) for a complete Intrusion
Detection Station.

SlimTerminal - Provides Xserver client package
to make a dumb thin terminal. You can access any X based server via SMB, NFS,
RCP, or SCP (secure copy). Our ezWorkgroup product is a great server solution
for this setup. We plan to add Citrix, VNC, and Microsoft Terminal Server
clients to this package in the future.